Category: July 2015

Resurrection Church seeks new Pastor

SaddleBrooke residents on the Resurrection Church Pastoral Call Committee are Patty Elliott (left), Palmer Ruschke and Judy Stanard.

David Stanard At Resurrection Church the call has gone out for an Associate Pastor. The individual selected will work closely with Pastor Al Jensen and will have major responsibilities at SaddleBrooke as well as at the main campus in Oro Valley. To bring focus to the search, a six member Call Committee has been appointed…

Let’s Dance Club announces fall schedule

Mary and Dave Perform the Merengue

The basis of the Latin dance Merengue is a march of eight equal steps During June Dave Poferl and Mary Borkovec taught their class of Let’s Dance Club members several varieties of those eight beats. Imagine what the patterns called Bow and Arrow, Halo or Rainbow look like! The Merengue is also a dance that…

Community Church celebrates Baptism

Connie Saiz A wonderful benefit of being retired and living in beautiful SaddleBrooke is that people have more time to reflect on their spiritual values and faith. Many people have come to Community Church and have seen their faith so renewed that they want to make a statement to their family and friends. The result…

American Legion Golf Tourney to benefit veterans in need

Ed Davis American Legion Oro Valley Post 132, serving the communities of the Northwest, will sponsor a charity golf tournament Saturday, August 22, 2015. One hundred percent of the tournament proceeds will be used for the benefit of local veterans in need and the soldiers and families of the Post’s adopted locally based Arizona National…

Upcoming events at Community Church at SaddleBrooke

Connie Saiz Diaper Drive Two of CCSB’s mission targets, Emerge and Center Against Domestic Abuse in Tucson and Family First Pregnancy Care Center in Oracle have a great need for diapers on a daily basis. We will be collecting them in July but if you need them picked up please contact Cathy Scott at 825-0775…

Marchons – Marchons: The Musical World of Marches

Punch Howarth Continuing this summer’s look at music forms, this essay will delve into the various applications of marches, military and otherwise. Mostly they are in double time, 2/4, 2/2, 6/8. There are a variety of march types: military, circus, funeral, ceremonial and concert marches for bands and orchestras. Most marches follow an A B…

New members at Resurrection Church

Joining Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke on May 31 were (front) Elaine Stamm, Sharon Sneen and Sandy Miller and (back) Bob Sneen, Jim Springer, Jan Springer and Doug Miller; photo by Clayton Thomas.

David Stanard Resurrection Church at SaddleBrooke has welcomed seven new members. They were received into membership on May 31 by Pastor Wayne Viereck and the rapidly growing church congregation. This group is the fourth group to join in the last eight months and comes on the heels of the 43 new members received into membership…

Oracle School District

The Oracle School District (OSD) may be small but our dreams are big. With 2014’s override renewal funding and additional efficiencies instituted by administration, our District has begun to realize some of these dreams. This year we were able to hire a music teacher and a school counselor. Additional academic tools, the arts and facility…